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Great star, so how can he be an awful hack to many? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

beckham

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'great star so how can he' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'be an awful hack to many?' is the wordplay.
'an awful' is an anagram indicator.
'to many?' becomes 'm' (Roman numeral for a thousand).
'hack' anagrammed gives 'ckha'.
'be'+'ckha'+'m'='BECKHAM'

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(Other definitions for beckham that I've seen before include "Red" , "David, footballer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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